Beaufort, SC - MAY 4: Top 3 contestant Candice Glover greets fans during her hometown visit on May 4, 2013 in Beaufort, South Carolina. (Photo by FOX via Getty Images)
by Ronda Racha Penrice, theGrio
African-Americans have won American Idol plenty of times, so Candice Glover’s win is not unique in that regard. Yet as a native of Beaufort, South Carolina, an area scholars generally dee...